The art of differentiating the instructional approach to meet the needs of all students can alter some common held practices and beliefs. The article this week provides some practical steps to helping provide each student with what they need in the classroom.
"Equity vs. Equality: 6 Steps Toward Equity" by Shane Safir
School Safety Staff Meeting
Thanks to those teachers that met briefly this past Wednesday, and a reminder to those that weren't able to attend, that we will be meeting on Monday (3/12) at 2:50 in Mr. Frehner's room to discuss certain elements of school safety. If you teach in the high school, and attended their staff meeting this past Wednesday, no need to attend this one unless you are interested.
As a reminder, the following are descriptions of a couple of our procedures:
Administrative Hold: No one is allowed to enter or exit the building, but in the building activity remains unchanged.
Hold: Hallways should be clear, and no one should enter or exit the classroom.
Lockdown: Doors shut and locked, lights off, and all people inside the classroom should be quiet and out of sight if looking into the classroom.
We will be practicing a Lockdown drill on Friday, 3/23/18 around 1:45 in the afternoon. This is an opportunity to share with students our procedures (like we discussed in staff meeting) in case of a dangerous person/situation in our building.
Middle School Leadership Group
Our group will meet again Wednesday after school. We will continue our work to improve in the correlate that was rated lowest (Home-School Relations). We will also review the new "Title" process, and share the areas identified for improvement in our school that will be targeted. See last Meeting Notes here.
Band Clinic Concert this Tuesday (3/13)
We will be hosting our annual Band Clinic on Tuesday, followed by a concert during the evening starting at 7:00 pm. We look forward to another great show by our students!
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thank you for your efforts during Parent/Teacher Conferences this past Thursday. These partnerships are really important as we look to finish a strong 2017-2018 school year. If you had a no show or two, please reach out and invite them in for a conference this coming Thursday evening.
I will send out a blast inviting families to come in for this coming Thursday's (3/15) conference night. We all should be ready to meet with any parent that stops in to talk about their child.
Math Olympians
Congratulations to the following students that excelled during the Math Olympiad competitions:
Highest Score on
Math Olympiad #1: Abby Klink, Mika Bush, Grace Hutchinson (tied with a score of 4)
Math Olympiad #2: Abby Klink (score of 5)
Math Olympiad #3: Owen Bahr and Clayton Nehls (tied with a score of 3)
Math Olympiad #4: Mika Bush, Carter Fait, Conrad Kurtz, Nicholas Milewski, and Tanis Crawford (tied with a score of 2)
Math Olympiad #5: Felicia Ritzke (score of 5)
Best overall scores for all 5 exams:
Abby Klink (score of 13)
Carter Fair (score of 12)
Mika Bush (score of 11)
Grace Hutchinson (score of 10)
Dylan Elsing and Anneliese Graeme (score of 9)
Highest score per grade:
8th: Abby Klink (score of 13)
7th: Carter Fait (score of 12)
6th: Alex Busch, Mykolas Lyons, Avery O'Dea (tied with a score of 8)
Forward Exam
The Middle School will be testing from Monday, April 9th through Monday, April 16th. Students will be taking the exam in their normal classes (ELA during ELA class time, Math during Math class time). You can view the testing schedule HERE. Test proctor training will take place in the coming weeks.
More information about Forward Exam prep will be provided this week.
Middle School Staff Members Needed...
This Spring we will be hosting two middle school track meets. The meets are on Monday, April 16th and Tuesday, May 8th. It would be really awesome if we could get a solid Middle School contingency of staff members out there to work the event and support our students. To sign-up, please review this SPREADSHEET, and fill in your name on a slot to work. Training will be provided if needed. I'm sure the weather will be outstanding on these two nights. Thanks in advance for your help.
Community Facility Advisory Committee Update
There was a solid turnout this past Wednesday for the Community Meeting. The presentation gave a summary of all of the work the committee has done, and the next steps in the process. At this time, we await survey results from the community. Once the survey closes, the committee will meet, and discuss possible recommendations to the school board.
Duty Next Week
Morning - Weckerly
Bus - Hendrickson
Images from the Week
I had to put a recent pic of my little baby girl, Liv
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